Villager of Daming

Chapter 1137 There is a reason for proactively breaking one’s trust

"My minister Liu Sheng has met the four highnesses, Liu Sheng, the envoy of the Ding Liao capital to protect the people, has met... Zhu Lichang, he has met General Xu and Zhao Shenzhen."

Visitors were greeted first and it was time to have dinner. The princes did not eat at noon and insisted on going to the place. It was impossible for the people in Xiaqiu Village to eat by themselves.

So eating it at night...right! Kebabs.

The goats are provided locally, and Xiaqiu Village is responsible for quarantine and cooking.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no such official as an envoy to help the people. Zhu Wentian gave him the name. The local area was Fushun. As the name suggests: Fusui border, to guide the barbarians.

Liu Sheng hesitated when receiving the gift. Naturally, he had foresight towards the prince and professed his vassalship. Who is next?

Xu Da has a high status. He has the title of Prime Minister You. Zhu Yi, the head of Xiaqiu Village, has no official position and is of higher rank than him.

Of course, the village chief is also considered an official in the village, so don't use bean bags as dry food.

At the critical moment, Liu Sheng chose Xiaqiu Village to protect himself and Xu Da. As for Zhao Yao, who participated in politics in Beiping Province, it didn't matter whether he protected him or not.

"Huh~~~" Xu Da and Zhao Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They were both very nervous just now because they were afraid that Liu Sheng would greet them first. Fortunately, the other party was sensible, otherwise they would have to speak to correct the other party's mistakes.

Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, and Zhu Xi, that is, the second, third, fourth, and fifth children, watched but did not speak. This was taught by Xiaqiu Village how to observe the situation in the court and the problems of official gangs.

Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, etc. all represent their respective official powers.

In terms of generals Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Xu Da, Lan Yu, and Feng Sheng also had the same problem, including a group of adopted sons of feudal lords.

These Xiaqiu villages have been told by princes and princes, and I will teach you how to compare them with historical events, including the existence of Xiaqiu village itself.

The teachers at the main hall would never say this, and they would not even dare to hint. His Majesty will interfere with the lessons every day. Do you dare to teach this? I can only give more side hints, such as Chun Qiu, Zuo Zhuan...

"Eat, okay, Chuan'er, um! Hey hey hey hey..."

Zhu Wentian didn't wait for anyone to respond to Liu Sheng, then he raised a bunch of strings and called for others to take them.

There are only goats here, no sheep. In summer, goats eat grass and exercise a lot. Their meat has less fat and a strong smell.

When killing the sheep, the blood must be drained and the mutton well soaked in water. We don't have much time today and we haven't soaked it in time, so we have to adjust it with seasonings, such as turmeric, and also use the precious ethyl maltol.

There is no sheep tendon. The sheep tendon continues to be processed. Generally, the tendon is not processed. The tendon smells bad, including the beef tendon.

One is reluctant to cut and has few tendons, so throwing more away is money! Just leave a smelly place.

The other is that the tendons are handled casually. The tendons must be carefully cleaned before any cooking is done and cannot be messed with.

The other is that the cooking method is wrong. It will become smelly when it comes up, so it is guaranteed to be smelly. It must be continuously passed through water. Don't worry about shrinkage, and pursue quality.

Zhu Wentian is a foodie. In order to make delicious meat, he specially made all the expensive ethyl maltol. This process is very complicated. It is produced in a laboratory and all his friends have to cooperate.

"I haven't had beer for a long time, thank you, Your Highness!"

Liu Sheng didn't eat, so he took a sip of wine first and drank a glass directly. It was half a liter, not much more, not much less. It was actually a bottle of beer with a higher alcohol content.

This is what is made. In order to prevent people from getting drunk so quickly, a bunch of ice cubes are added to it. This will dilute it!
"Drink slowly. How can you answer questions calmly if you drink too much?" Zhu Fang asked the other party not to drink too fast.

"Your Highness, let's have a drink tonight, how will we show up tomorrow?"

Liu Sheng asked about his worries and agreed to tell many tribal leaders.

Ling'er said: "Gather them together tomorrow and observe them. If anyone asks in a hurry, write down the name and don't give an answer for now. When more people are incited, tell them that your highnesses are discussing lowering the standard." The price of salt needs to be studied for one or two days, or even three days.

After all, five cents per pound is too expensive, and Your Majesty does not want the people of Ming Dynasty to eat expensive salt.

Since their highnesses came here and discovered the situation, they took it very seriously. The price of salt must be reduced, the people's contributions must be reduced, and their income must be increased. "

"Huh?" Liu Sheng felt that he couldn't keep up, so he lowered the price of salt just to have an extra day or two of rest? By the way, collect information on who spoke first?

The officials who came from Gaizhou County were also in a state of confusion, but they knew that Xiaqiu Village would not engage in loss-making business, but how on earth would they make up for the loss of salt?
'Snapped! Zhu Di slapped the table and was about to speak.

'Snapped! Zhu Ting then patted the table and saw everyone looking over: "Fourth brother said, we took the picture for you."

Everyone: "..."

"Thank you, fifth brother." Zhu Di endured it: "We were just going to say... uh..."

"If you give us salt, we won't suffer any loss. There will always be places where salt is needed."

Ling'er kindly reminded her that she knew what Zhu Di was going to say.

"Yes, thank you Sister Ling'er. How do you eat salt when it's expensive? Add a little when cooking.

When eating on the grassland and eating barbecue, you don't just sprinkle salt on the meat skewers like today's Hanhan brother. A lot of the salt falls on the charcoal.

But Brother Hanhan doesn’t sprinkle cumin and dogwood powder on top because it’s expensive. He soaks the meat skewers in turmeric water and waits until they stop dripping before putting them on the shelf, where there are more seasonings.

If it were the Jurchens, salt would be expensive for them and they would naturally use less salt. If salt were cheaper, would they be able to make more pickles and sauerkraut according to the methods we teach?

To make pickled vegetables, you must first have vegetables. Some of them do not farm, but they must farm. Those who have a constant output must have perseverance.

In addition, to pickle things, you need utensils, such as pottery jars and pots. Their kiln-firing technology cannot support them in obtaining these utensils at low prices.

The best ceramic-making technology is in Xiaqiu Village. Ru porcelain was re-made in Xiaqiu Village, as well as the enamel of our fiefdom, that is, enamel.

There is no need to say more about Liuli. The technology contributed by Xiaqiu Village allowed our Ming Dynasty Liuli to be sold back to the Yi people.

Therefore, after the price of salt dropped, the total sales volume actually increased, and even the total sales volume also increased.

The cost of salt is very low. As total sales increase, total profits will naturally increase. Why pursue profit ratio?
Coupled with the money earned by the utensils, the lives of the Jurchens will gradually get better and their consumption will increase accordingly.

So what will be the result? Trade dependence! Once you live a good life, you don’t want to go back to the bad days.

They can only produce or plant or mine what we need in exchange for what they need. It belongs to the category of economic warfare. It is included in "Guanzi" and we actually operate it. "

After Zhu Di finished speaking, he took the wine and took a big sip. Half a liter was gone and he burped.

This time Liu Sheng was added, and he and the officials in Gaizhou County were silent: "..."

They know that "Guanzi" writes about intense attacks, but they are actually all fake, and others cannot be fooled.

What His Highness King Yan did was very gentle and benefited both parties. The key was that there were some things that the Jurchens themselves could not do because of their poor skills.

King Yan didn't know how to do it when he was born, who taught him? Main hall? Pooh!
"Your Highnesses, I understand. Tomorrow I will summon all the leaders to act according to the plan."

Liu Sheng stood up and said that he knew what to do. He would neglect others first and then bring up the salt matter after observation, thereby damaging the prestige of the leaders who emerged.

(End of this chapter)